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i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >>> so the endorsement of mitt romney common knowledge on the campaign trail but watching the conservative candidate throw support behind a bitter rival may be enough to convince voters on the fence to side with the front-runner. this weekend santorum raised the stakes in illinois with this statement. >> i guarantee -- i guarantee that we will win this nomination. >> john brabender is a strategist for the campaign and joins us. john, tough states ahead going into illinois tomorrow, 69 dell fwats that we're talking about here. first i want you to spobd to that ad. we know your candidate, what does he have to say to that but how damaging to have that online now for unit decided voters to see ahead of tomorrow? >> well, look, rick santorum has been very clear that he only endorsed mitt romney when he was running against a moderate and said that of the two he was more conservative. we now know things like romney care which has been a disaster, offers free abortions, all these things became the architect and the blueprint for obama care. all of t
i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >>> so the endorsement of mitt romney common knowledge on the campaign trail but watching the conservative candidate throw support behind a bitter rival may be enough to convince voters on the fence to side with the front-runner. this weekend santorum raised the stakes in illinois with this statement. >> i guarantee -- i guarantee that we will win this nomination. >> john brabender is a strategist for the campaign and joins us....
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. >> romney's campaign strategist is h -- his campaign strategist is hitting romney. economic heavy weight. the people in massachusetts what happened? massachusetts went from tenth in a t in the nation their debt wet up 16.5 percent. government jobs crgrew to 6 tim the rate of private sector jobs. if he thinks he's an economic hef reweight he must be looking in the mirror. that's an economic heavy weight. >> rick antor rum was chatting with the colleagues. make sure you check that out. he made a statement holding up one finger if we win on tuesday in the primarily get noment nation. >> he is gaining momentum there. we will have more later. >>> time for your first weather update. maria poll lena is here with that. in the northeast we had beautiful weather over the weekend. more expected today. er you have storms across the country. >> we are looking at a strong storm system producing severe storms this morning and will continue to do so through out the afternoon. part of the reason we are seeing some of that precipitation and active are the warm temperatures we have be
. >> romney's campaign strategist is h -- his campaign strategist is hitting romney. economic heavy weight. the people in massachusetts what happened? massachusetts went from tenth in a t in the nation their debt wet up 16.5 percent. government jobs crgrew to 6 tim the rate of private sector jobs. if he thinks he's an economic hef reweight he must be looking in the mirror. that's an economic heavy weight. >> rick antor rum was chatting with the colleagues. make sure you check that...
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santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to happen. >> we're not making plans now for a brokered convention. we have rules to handle any possibility and obviously we're going to follow those rules. >> so what are you hearing? is that happening? are they preparing? >> well, the candidates on both sides are preparing for the possibility of a contested convention where neither of the candidates or any of the candidates get enough of those 1,044 delegates to walk into tampa as the nominee. romney talking to lawyers and really looking at this possibility. this seemed unlikely five, six, seven months ago when it was clear romney had the best organization that he had, the
santorum has a chance of giving romney a big shot there in that state or romney could continue his momentum. >> the issue of mitt romney, the front-runners being called into question in terms of how soon he will take up that status. the front page of the "new york times" yesterday hitting on that point, talking about how the candidates are preparing for a brokered convention even though here is what john mccain and rnc chairman said earlier. >> i don't think it's going to...
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remember at one of the debates in florida he was extremely effective against romney on the issue of romney care, beat him up good on that. at the last debate in mesa, arizona, he made his famous admission that he violated his own position and voted for no child left behind and taken one for the team. romney has used that against him effectively. romney would never agree to such a thing, if there were such a debate it's unclear whether santorum would help himself or hurt himself. jon: i suppose what he's trying to do is marginalize the importan importance of newt gingrich in this race. >> right after the ohio primary one of his advisers said if we had a one-on-one race against romney we would be beating him by 10 points. that is assuming that if gingrich was out of the race all of his supporters would go to rick santorum. if gingrich left the race according to the latest fox poll a large number of voters would go to santorum but enough to go to romney so he would still keep his lead. jon: we have the poll on the screen right now. santorum shoots up 7% if gingrich gets out of the race but ro
remember at one of the debates in florida he was extremely effective against romney on the issue of romney care, beat him up good on that. at the last debate in mesa, arizona, he made his famous admission that he violated his own position and voted for no child left behind and taken one for the team. romney has used that against him effectively. romney would never agree to such a thing, if there were such a debate it's unclear whether santorum would help himself or hurt himself. jon: i suppose...
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another close race is expected between rick santorum and mitt romney. romney is riding the crest of an easy win in puerto rico yesterday, picking up all 20 delegates. romney called it an extraordinary victory. susan mcginnis in washington with the latest. good to see you. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. rick santorum may have hurt himself in puerto rico when he said english would have to be the official language there if it were to attain statehood. now on to illinois with mitt romney holding a comfortable lead. >> that's good news. thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney will carry more momentum into this week's primary contest. he celebrated another win last night, easily capturing all of pourt ricoh's 20 delegates. >> they're going to vote for republicans if we stand for something, conservative principles that bring growth and good jobs and rising home values. >> reporter: he spoke to supporters in illinois where polls show he's locked in a title battle with rick santorum. the state holds its primary tomorrow. as romney gains an even bigge
another close race is expected between rick santorum and mitt romney. romney is riding the crest of an easy win in puerto rico yesterday, picking up all 20 delegates. romney called it an extraordinary victory. susan mcginnis in washington with the latest. good to see you. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. rick santorum may have hurt himself in puerto rico when he said english would have to be the official language there if it were to attain statehood. now on to illinois with...
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romney has some momentum, he gets set back. he hasn't been able to make the sale to his own party. >> reporter: republican leaders say it's early in the game. >> we're only at halftime. i think that this process is going to play itself out. we will have a nominee, i think fairly soon, one, two months away. >> reporter: now, newt gingrich and ron paul are also on the ballot in illinois but with very little support. in fact, gingrich said himself that this one is going to be largely between romney and santorum. lynn? >> all right. tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thanks. >>> well, at least two powerful tornadoes touched down in nebraska last night. the twisters hit near north platte in lincoln county in the southwest part of the state. at least two people were injured as the tornados tore roofs off buildings, knocked down trees and brought down power lines. nbc's meteorologist bill karins is going to have much more on all of this. that's coming up in just a moment. >>> but first, the good news, spring doesn't official l
romney has some momentum, he gets set back. he hasn't been able to make the sale to his own party. >> reporter: republican leaders say it's early in the game. >> we're only at halftime. i think that this process is going to play itself out. we will have a nominee, i think fairly soon, one, two months away. >> reporter: now, newt gingrich and ron paul are also on the ballot in illinois but with very little support. in fact, gingrich said himself that this one is going to be...
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romney would put a scalia on the court. that's what's important not what's said over years of their careers. >> i'll hit pause on that. i don't know that i fully agree but a whole lot of what's out there but we'll talk about that later on in the show. thank you very much. >>> and now, should minors who commit murder be sentenced to life without parole? the supreme court will consider this tomorrow because they're considering two cases in which 14-year-old boys were convicted and sentenced to life behind bars. the supreme court has ruled minors convicted of murder cannot receive the death penalty and there are more than 2500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles. 38 states allow life without parole for minors who commit murder, but is it constitutional? it's a crucial question. jeffrey toobin is our chief legal analyst and he is outfront tonight. good to see you, sir. >> hello. >> we're switching in and out here like crazy on our set. so what is really at stake here. this is a pretty fasci
romney would put a scalia on the court. that's what's important not what's said over years of their careers. >> i'll hit pause on that. i don't know that i fully agree but a whole lot of what's out there but we'll talk about that later on in the show. thank you very much. >>> and now, should minors who commit murder be sentenced to life without parole? the supreme court will consider this tomorrow because they're considering two cases in which 14-year-old boys were convicted and...
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santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in this election. >> nobody puts words into my mouth. >> reporter: but the romney campaign has it's own blast from the past featuring santorum endorsing the massachusetts governor in 2008. if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> reporter: a look at the latest poll shows why santorum would like gingrich out of the way. >> as the race goes on, it shows that the he certainly can't get any amount of the vote anywhere. >> these pancakes are something else, i tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: but boasts of an island victory is just t
santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in...
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that gives mitt romney 521 delegates total. santorum 253, newt gingrich 156, ron paul with 50 delegates. tomorrow's you will now primary very important. bill: we'll see if it plays out. whether they buck the trend. you are working because martha is working for megyn later today. she is working on her tan. those are just some of the story we are watching. is president obama losing the war in afghanistan? new concern on an exit strategy and a future for that region. >> an entire town forced to evacuate as a dangerous wildfire approaches. >> a neighbor came to pick me and the kid up and said we had to evacuate. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if youbank doesn't let you talk to a real perso24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. arthel: a raging wildfire in northeast colorado now nearly contained after wiping out homes and businesses and scorching farmland there. the fire forced all 300 people in the town to evacuate their homes. fol
that gives mitt romney 521 delegates total. santorum 253, newt gingrich 156, ron paul with 50 delegates. tomorrow's you will now primary very important. bill: we'll see if it plays out. whether they buck the trend. you are working because martha is working for megyn later today. she is working on her tan. those are just some of the story we are watching. is president obama losing the war in afghanistan? new concern on an exit strategy and a future for that region. >> an entire town forced...
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romney? >>illinois is not a winner-take- all state so we will have to wait until after the election to see how the delegates will be spread out amongst the four candidates former house speaker newt gingrich has nothing planned here in illinois today he is anticipating a loss and he has moved on to louisiana which holds its primary next saturday and texas congressman ron paul may one visit to illinois last week and he left ... former republican presidential candidate john mccain said that this primary season as a lot nastier and a lot more personal than it was in 2008 he also criticized super political action committees we spoke with mccain this morning from the tribune tower about super packs >>its outside this unregulated undisclosed money it's increased the negative attack ads and that lowers the steam if it's possible that the american people hold politicians up to >>mccain also attacked rick santorum: he said that he was irresponsible on fiscal issues when a u.s. senator from pennsylvania
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romney has a big advantage. he and his supporters are outspending santorum by 7 to 1. and santorum failed to file delegate slates in four congressional districts. even if romney were to win, would that quiet talk of the first contested republican convention since 1976? chris sill lisa is a managing editor of postpolitics.com. it does seem as if everyone is talking about the possibility of a contested convention. first of all, there was this video, video of arlen specter announcing his candidacy for president, march 30th, 1995. he wasn't exactly on the same page as the man you'll see behind him, rick santorum on the subject of abortion rights. >> i want to take abortion out of politics. and leave moral issues such as abortion to the conscience of the individual. that is a matter to be decided by women. not by big government. >> and then when you take a look back, you'll see right behind him was rick santorum applauding the whole time. santorum is now trying to explain that. we'll show you that video in a moment. here you see what happens when you widen out and there is
romney has a big advantage. he and his supporters are outspending santorum by 7 to 1. and santorum failed to file delegate slates in four congressional districts. even if romney were to win, would that quiet talk of the first contested republican convention since 1976? chris sill lisa is a managing editor of postpolitics.com. it does seem as if everyone is talking about the possibility of a contested convention. first of all, there was this video, video of arlen specter announcing his candidacy...
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. >> so is the opposite of what senator santorum says also true if mitt romney, if governor romney is able to win illinois, then he wins the nomination? >> absolutely not. this is certainly a big milestone for us to do well in illinois but we also have states that are favorable to rick coming up next in the primary calendar, pennsylvania his home state being one of them. we have louisiana coming up, and these are states that will show support for rick santorum, and as i said, keep an eye on the unbound delegates. those are going to go toward the conservative candidate and nod towards mitt romney. more people are seeing mitt romney, puerto rico is a case in point, he will say one thing and do something completely different. he is not true to the conservative principles of himself and of the party, and we're seeing that also with the individual mandate. he told people he never advocated for the individual mandate on the national level. he's been saying that time after time and now he's saying op. ed in which he did on the national level. >> you need 65% plus of the delegates. >> the mag
. >> so is the opposite of what senator santorum says also true if mitt romney, if governor romney is able to win illinois, then he wins the nomination? >> absolutely not. this is certainly a big milestone for us to do well in illinois but we also have states that are favorable to rick coming up next in the primary calendar, pennsylvania his home state being one of them. we have louisiana coming up, and these are states that will show support for rick santorum, and as i said, keep...
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romney says, he's ahead. >> we said michigan was a must-win for romney. the next week, ohio. this week, you can say, yes, it's illinois. a moderate state. a different feel than what we saw in mississippi and alabama. you saw mitt romney change his strategy. he wasn't supposed to be campaigning there until today. sundays are usually a slow day for mitt romney. spent the whole day there. you can see, illinois is a crucial state for mitt romney to win. louisiana coming up on saturday. that's a more conservative state that santorum will win. keep your eyes on illinois. >> thank you very much. >>> six minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. happening this moment, a major late winter storm causing some major headaches. yes. arizona. i'm not kidding. arizona. look at your screen. in flagstaff, more than a foot of snow is on the ground. we could get another foot later today. the storm is forcing closure of interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. that's from kingman all the way to east winslow if you're keeping score. >> great skiing there. >> in arizona. and great condos in new york. get yo
romney says, he's ahead. >> we said michigan was a must-win for romney. the next week, ohio. this week, you can say, yes, it's illinois. a moderate state. a different feel than what we saw in mississippi and alabama. you saw mitt romney change his strategy. he wasn't supposed to be campaigning there until today. sundays are usually a slow day for mitt romney. spent the whole day there. you can see, illinois is a crucial state for mitt romney to win. louisiana coming up on saturday. that's...
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will it be mitt romney? romney goes into this with momentum after winning those 20 delegates in puerto rico. he also is leading the polls. the latest pie as much as nine points. rick santorum is not on all the ballots in illinois. he didn't qualify in some districts. winning in illinois will be an uphill battle, but he says if he pulls off a surprise win, he thinks he'll eventually get the nomination. what about romney from. >> can he pull it off? democrats don't think so. >> every time it looks like mr. romney has momentum, he gets set back. he hasn't made the sale to his own party. >> we're only at halftime. i think that this process is going to play itself out. we will have a nominee soon, one, two months away. >> reporter: newt gingrich and ron paul are also on the ballot this week. they don't have a lot of support. gingrich said himself this is primarily between rick santorum and mitt romney. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> breaking news right now out of france. police are looking f
will it be mitt romney? romney goes into this with momentum after winning those 20 delegates in puerto rico. he also is leading the polls. the latest pie as much as nine points. rick santorum is not on all the ballots in illinois. he didn't qualify in some districts. winning in illinois will be an uphill battle, but he says if he pulls off a surprise win, he thinks he'll eventually get the nomination. what about romney from. >> can he pull it off? democrats don't think so. >> every...
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what you would have is a mitt romney who is pretty moderate. he will pick up a lot of independent votes. and i think he'll probably do very well if he is the one. and i think those people who thing that this primary is hurting the republicans, look back hysterically. that's not what happened. that -- historically. that's not what happened. it energized the base. it's like the meeting in copenhagen. they all hated me. in this case, one thing they have in common is they all want to defeat obama. so you have an exercise base with four groups going with that ultimate goal. so i don't think it's going to hurt the republicans' chances. host: would you be happy with a mitt romney presidency? guest: as opposed to obama? yes. host: let's go back to call. tulsa, oklahoma. frazier. guest: oh, that's my town. host: frazier, you're on the air, republican. guest: great. i want to thank the senator for his leadership and his service to the country. my service has to do with cap and trade. it seems inevitable to me and you were the leader in the fight to stop
what you would have is a mitt romney who is pretty moderate. he will pick up a lot of independent votes. and i think he'll probably do very well if he is the one. and i think those people who thing that this primary is hurting the republicans, look back hysterically. that's not what happened. that -- historically. that's not what happened. it energized the base. it's like the meeting in copenhagen. they all hated me. in this case, one thing they have in common is they all want to defeat obama....
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romney doesn't have a core. romney also bragged about his big win in puerto rico. >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. the margin was just about as good. >> cnn's latest delegate count shows romney with 518 to santorum's 239. it takes 1144 to win the nomination. >>> apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash. apple announced a $10 billion stock buyback that would begin in october. it also would begin giving shareholders a quarterly dividend for the first time since 1995. >>> and espn's chris mortenson a reporting that peyton manning will sign with the denver broncos. four-time nfl most valuable player had been deciding between tennessee and denver. indianapolis colts released the quarterback just two weeks ago after injury forced had i am to miss the entire 2011 season. well, in 2006 manning led the colts to a super bowl championship. >>> all right.
romney doesn't have a core. romney also bragged about his big win in puerto rico. >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. the margin was just about as good. >> cnn's latest delegate count shows romney with 518 to santorum's 239. it takes 1144 to win the nomination. >>> apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash....
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romney -- how about mr romney. does mitt romney appeal to you? caller: if he ends up being the candidate, i will surely vote for him. host: let's look at this "the new york times" article by ashley parker. bobbie, independent caller. miami, florida. what do you think? please go ahead. caller: republican -- no good on the contraception issue. host: is that the most important issue? caller: it is very important. you see people like rush limbaugh. he calls women bad names. he does not understand the women. host: let's hear more of the story. host: democratic color and deerfield, illinois -- democratic caller in deerfield, illinois. caller: i am 68 and i figured out how the republicans try to gather votes. they demonize segments of our population. i will give you examples. women are the latest casualty. any woman who wants contraception is now demonized. they are evil. who else have the republicans demonized? blue-collar workers who want reuniounion protection. government workers who make our lives better. they have demonize people of different sexua
romney -- how about mr romney. does mitt romney appeal to you? caller: if he ends up being the candidate, i will surely vote for him. host: let's look at this "the new york times" article by ashley parker. bobbie, independent caller. miami, florida. what do you think? please go ahead. caller: republican -- no good on the contraception issue. host: is that the most important issue? caller: it is very important. you see people like rush limbaugh. he calls women bad names. he does not...
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you are effectively giving that issue up if you select romney as the nominee. we may be doing that. >> mitt romney has said many times what he did was on the state level and that he didn't want a mandate like the president pushed through on the federal level. but the bottom line is, as you saw from that clip, that even some republicans are now saying this issue could be neutralized for the president if mitt romney is the republic nominee, shep. >> shepard: ed henry at the white house. ed, thanks. so now this little guy in colorado, who says raising money for charity is better than having presents. he turned his ninth birthday party into a fundraiser for rescue helicopter group. >> i just really wanted to like be the one who helps, too. >> shepard: how about that? his mom says he first noticed the flight for life choppers a few years ago and started collecting money for the group. no word on how much cash he raised at his bowling party this year. we are told in the past few years he has raised 3,000 bucks for the organization. and the flight for life folks say t
you are effectively giving that issue up if you select romney as the nominee. we may be doing that. >> mitt romney has said many times what he did was on the state level and that he didn't want a mandate like the president pushed through on the federal level. but the bottom line is, as you saw from that clip, that even some republicans are now saying this issue could be neutralized for the president if mitt romney is the republic nominee, shep. >> shepard: ed henry at the white...
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mitt romney won 83%. romney was endorsed by puerto rico's governor and campaigned there on friday and saturday. by cnn's estimate romney has more than double rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul are changing. all eyes now turn to illinois which holds their primary on tuesday. rick santorum made multiple campaign stops and told one audience that a victory there could propel him to the republican nomination. he was asked about his strong criticism about the president's policy towards iran. >> reporter: something that has been on your website that has gotten a lot of buzz. your position on pornography. one of the things you say in promising a tougher crack down is that the obama department of justice seems to favor pornographiers over children and families. do you honestly believe that there are people in the department of justice who favor porn aographicers over children? >> my conclusion is they have not put a priority on prosecuting these cases. in doing so they are exposing children to tremendous am
mitt romney won 83%. romney was endorsed by puerto rico's governor and campaigned there on friday and saturday. by cnn's estimate romney has more than double rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul are changing. all eyes now turn to illinois which holds their primary on tuesday. rick santorum made multiple campaign stops and told one audience that a victory there could propel him to the republican nomination. he was asked about his strong criticism about the president's policy towards iran....
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santorum is attacking romney's business sense and romney is blaming president obama for high gas prices. our political editor paul steinhauser joins us from washington. who has the edge, paul? >> reporter: another tuesday, another showdown. this one, i know we keep saying they are important but this one is. santorum on the attack spending whole weekend in illinois and basically saying that mitt romney doesn't have a core and also criticizing romney for kind of flip-flopping as santorum says on the issue. santorum says if he wins in illinois, he says big things are in store for him. take a listen. >> if we are able to come out with a huge or surprise win, i guarantee you, i guarantee you that we will win this nomination. we will nominate a conservative and if we nominate a conservative, we will beat barack obama! >> reporter: that's a guarantee, huh? okay. we will remember that one. take a look at this. here is where the delegate stands right now after puerto rico a factored in. romney had a landslide victory and grabbed all 20 delegates up for grabs there. more than a 2-1 advantage over
santorum is attacking romney's business sense and romney is blaming president obama for high gas prices. our political editor paul steinhauser joins us from washington. who has the edge, paul? >> reporter: another tuesday, another showdown. this one, i know we keep saying they are important but this one is. santorum on the attack spending whole weekend in illinois and basically saying that mitt romney doesn't have a core and also criticizing romney for kind of flip-flopping as santorum...
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that's a sharp contrast with mitt romney, who is for romney care, the blueprint for obama care, advocated for romney care, advocated for mandates at the federal level. this is someone who doesn't have a core. he's been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past ten years. >> but when you go to your website, you talk about president obama being an appeaser. you talk about being soft on pornography and those kind of things, rather than the bread and butter economic issues that you say are essential to who will win. en only the nomination but also the general election. >> well, charlie, on our website we are a whole lot of issues. i mean, that's important for people to know what your position is on a whole variety of issues. people write in, they ask, reporters ask, and, you know, we're very transparent. believe me, there isn't just one issue. mitt romney thinks this election is going to be about who can best manage the nanny state of washington. no. this election is about freedom. this election is about a fundamental change in washington, d.c. this is about, you know, reducing a
that's a sharp contrast with mitt romney, who is for romney care, the blueprint for obama care, advocated for romney care, advocated for mandates at the federal level. this is someone who doesn't have a core. he's been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past ten years. >> but when you go to your website, you talk about president obama being an appeaser. you talk about being soft on pornography and those kind of things, rather than the bread and butter economic issues that...
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it's minimum rtt romney. he has no positive vision for this country and spends billionaire dollars to tear down every single opponent in his path. >> if newt gingrich stays in the race, does it likely ensure, ensure that mitt romney will get the nomination? >> oh, i don't know how that all plays out. i mean,, you know, we are just going to take it a state at a time. we feel confident. look. we have won ten states. and we have done so really against all of the odds and we have done it because we have the best message and best messenger and i think is successful not only in this primary but in the general. >> senator, thank you. >> thank you. >>> severe weather on sunday. two tornadoes touched down in southwest oklahoma. power lines were damaged in central nebraska. two other tornadoes hit yesterday. two homes were damaged in north platte but no injuries reported there. the bigger concern is today, however, because there is a strong chance of violent weather across the nation's midsection. you can see from the
it's minimum rtt romney. he has no positive vision for this country and spends billionaire dollars to tear down every single opponent in his path. >> if newt gingrich stays in the race, does it likely ensure, ensure that mitt romney will get the nomination? >> oh, i don't know how that all plays out. i mean,, you know, we are just going to take it a state at a time. we feel confident. look. we have won ten states. and we have done so really against all of the odds and we have done...
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and mitt romney, whether it's romney care or the wall street bailouts, supporting cap and trade and other big government programs when he was governor of massachusetts, that's his record. my record have one of limited government. my record is one of free market health care, free market economics.ant while he may have had, you know, experience on wall street, i have had experience out there working with the average and ordinary people, growing up in a steel town, and i know what works best for main street america. maybe not for those on wall street, which mitt romney has a pretty good and strong track record of supporting. we have a great record of supporting the average american. >> all right. well, let's go there. i want to ask you about illinois. but first, since you talk about connecting with average ordinary americans, some analysts, including maybe some on this set, might have said that you got a tad bit side tracked on the issue of contraception in a way that doesn't connect with not only members of your party, but across the board. just totally off message, off base in terms of wha
and mitt romney, whether it's romney care or the wall street bailouts, supporting cap and trade and other big government programs when he was governor of massachusetts, that's his record. my record have one of limited government. my record is one of free market health care, free market economics.ant while he may have had, you know, experience on wall street, i have had experience out there working with the average and ordinary people, growing up in a steel town, and i know what works best for...
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congratulations to mitt romney. he did good, 83% gets them all and something else is important, that's illinois. >> just to go back to the delegate count quickly, you were pointing out that john mccain had more than 1,000 delegates last time around. winners have changed and it's changed the make-up of this race. >> right. illinois is not winner take all. it's proportional. there will be 54 delegates up for grabs tomorrow. there are a total of 69 delegates in the state but 15 of them are floating around for the most part. the win are takes all if only the candidate receives over 50%. mitt romney. >> that's not going to happen. >> he had been very competitive. it looked like it was going to be a cake walk for a while. mitt romney has energized the tea party members and the religious conservatives and they're interested in pulling the lever for him tomorrow. >> one group that mitt romney needs is women and his wife was out over the weekend coming to his rescue. this is what she had to say. >> is there anyone in here th
congratulations to mitt romney. he did good, 83% gets them all and something else is important, that's illinois. >> just to go back to the delegate count quickly, you were pointing out that john mccain had more than 1,000 delegates last time around. winners have changed and it's changed the make-up of this race. >> right. illinois is not winner take all. it's proportional. there will be 54 delegates up for grabs tomorrow. there are a total of 69 delegates in the state but 15 of them...
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mitt romney added 20 delegates to his count sunday with a win in puerto rico. steve brown brings us up-to-date tonight from chicago and we'll also hear from senior political analyst breath hume from the house budget committee chairman paul ryan and jim angle, why raised eyebrows, worrying with a major presidential power grab. the special report from washington starts at 6 eastern. a lot of politics to talk about tonight. now, back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ yeah, what's going on ♪ >> what is going on at our nation's airports? for a transition. yesterday i was in louisville, kentucky and flying to washington d.c. and i got there two hours early on time. yea, and would expect. and i went next door to the gate. there was a restaurant bar thing and i ordered a diet coke and this lady who was obviously a senior citizen, she is next to me and the waitress comes over and she orders a bud light. and the waitress says, all right, can i see your i.d.? >> for a diet beer? >> exactly. and the lady said, are you ser
mitt romney added 20 delegates to his count sunday with a win in puerto rico. steve brown brings us up-to-date tonight from chicago and we'll also hear from senior political analyst breath hume from the house budget committee chairman paul ryan and jim angle, why raised eyebrows, worrying with a major presidential power grab. the special report from washington starts at 6 eastern. a lot of politics to talk about tonight. now, back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ what's going on...
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this is cross-eyed that means you can jump in any time you want last week we did a program on mitt romney and i got a ton of mail saying what no one mentioned ron paul once and i thought maybe i'm doing the same thing that american media is doing to ron paul so michael first of all explain to my international viewers who is ron paul what is he all about and if there were an election on you tube why would he win. well ron paul is a libertarian influence congressman from texas and he's been in congress twice as a republican and still is a republican from texas and he's run for the president three times once in one thousand nine hundred eight as a libertarian candidate again in two thousand and eight as a republican and this year as well and he is a very different sort of politician than the run of the mill republican he's heavily focused on monetary policy and our central bank the federal reserve and how it manipulates our monetary policy and he is also a peace candidate a kind of throwback to a very old or republicanism that hasn't been around for a long time i mean it's predates the cold
this is cross-eyed that means you can jump in any time you want last week we did a program on mitt romney and i got a ton of mail saying what no one mentioned ron paul once and i thought maybe i'm doing the same thing that american media is doing to ron paul so michael first of all explain to my international viewers who is ron paul what is he all about and if there were an election on you tube why would he win. well ron paul is a libertarian influence congressman from texas and he's been in...
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thing about ron paul the man has integrity he doesn't change his views to fit the wind the way mitt romney might do this man believes of what he says i think some of it is wildly off the wall but i give the guy credit for being consistent michael what do you think about that in third force we just heard from mark in washington is this to get the beginning of something because we've seen third party split in the past you know and because of the way the system is built now it's almost impossible for something new to arise and maybe ron paul has the answer to that. well it's tough i mean the republican party itself was once the third party in american politics and the galvanizing issue of slavery made it into the not only a major party but the ruling party during the civil war i mean it could take something you know a major financial crisis again or something else to make these ideas even more relevant i think mark in washington is right there that this is a minority view right now and that also ron paul's collecting people who maybe didn't have libertarian views but who are just sick of the
thing about ron paul the man has integrity he doesn't change his views to fit the wind the way mitt romney might do this man believes of what he says i think some of it is wildly off the wall but i give the guy credit for being consistent michael what do you think about that in third force we just heard from mark in washington is this to get the beginning of something because we've seen third party split in the past you know and because of the way the system is built now it's almost impossible...
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mitt romney does have a weekend victory to celebrate. he picked up 20 delegates by winning puerto rico. meanwhile his wife is calling on republicans to end this fight for the nomination. >> it's time for us to get behind one candidate and get the job done so we can move on to the next job which is bringing us one step closer to defeating barack obama. >> this is a primary process where somebody had a huge advantage, huge money advantage, huge advantage of the establishment support and he hasn't been able to close the deal. >> santorum spoke while campaigning in louisiana which holds its primary this weekend. ron paul and newt gingrich have no campaign events scheduled. in fact, gingrich and his wife were spotted enjoying the cherry blossoms yesterday at the tidal basin. >>> they are difficult images to look at and tough words to hear. today government health officials are debuting a new ad campaign designed to shock people about the dangers of smoking. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is in the satellite center with more on this story.
mitt romney does have a weekend victory to celebrate. he picked up 20 delegates by winning puerto rico. meanwhile his wife is calling on republicans to end this fight for the nomination. >> it's time for us to get behind one candidate and get the job done so we can move on to the next job which is bringing us one step closer to defeating barack obama. >> this is a primary process where somebody had a huge advantage, huge money advantage, huge advantage of the establishment support...